By all means, Ubuntu Linux and Canonical Ltd. have made a spectacular arrival on the Linux scene lately. The combination is like a dream come true for many, many Linux aficionados: tightly selected bleeding edge packages to focus the distribution on a single CD, corporate backing, 18 month support, that all sounds like a formidable package.
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Aren't the Gnome System utilities just using Red Hat's code? If not its odd that they look like exact copies of what Red Hat developed. Mind you I don't think that's a bad thing, I'm just surprised you think there is much of a difference.
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it was originally developed by ximian and has similarities to redhat tools but supports more distros. this is useful for support reasons
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Aren't the Gnome System utilities just using Red Hat's code? If not its odd that they look like exact copies of what Red Hat developed. Mind you I don't think that's a bad thing, I'm just surprised you think there is much of a difference.
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it was originally developed by ximian and has similarities to redhat tools but supports more distros. this is useful for support reasons